Euodynerus (Euodynerus) semisaecularis ( Dalla Torre, 1889 )

Selis, Marco, Fateryga, Alexander V. & Cilia, Giovanni, 2024, The genus Euodynerus Dalla Torre in Europe and the Maghreb (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5537 (2), pp. 151-194 : 172

Euodynerus (Euodynerus) semisaecularis ( Dalla Torre, 1889)

( Figs 8G–M ; 14H ; 15O ; 16M )

Odynerus humeralis André, 1884: 701 , ♀ — [ Uzbekistan] “Turkestan (Tachkend)” (ZMB [examined]). Junior primary homonym of O. humeralis Haliday in Curtis et al. 1836.

Odynerus semisaecularis Dalla Torre, 1889: 125 . Replacement name.

Euodynerus macedonicus Blüthgen, 1951a: 172 , 195, ♀, ♂ (in subgenus Euodynerus ) — [ Greece] “Salonike” (holotype female ZMB [examined]).

Distribution. Ranging from the Balkan Peninsula in the West to China in the East, descending into the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula and Pakistan ( Fateryga et al. 2021).

Notes. The western subspecies macedonicus Blüthgen ( Figs 8G, H ) was differentiated by the reduced yellow pattern only and was therefore synonymized by Fateryga et al. (2021). The genetic data presented here further confirm the synonymy, since specimens ranging from Greece to Central Asia do not present any genetic distance ( Fig. 2 ).

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FIGURE 2. Phylogenetic tree (Neighbor-Joining) of Euodynerus (Euodynerus) based on the mitochondrial COI gene. Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer) was used as an outgroup. Numbers adjacent to branches represent bootstrap support (values of <75 are omitted); only the species occurring in the considered area are highlighted. Countries are abbreviated using ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. Continues in Fig. 3.

FIGURE 8. A–F, Euodynerus hellenicus Blüthgen. A, male from Bulgaria. B, E, female from Spain. C, F, female from Iran. D, male from Spain. G–M, Euodynerus semisaecularis (Dalla Torre). G, J, male from Greece. H, L, female from Crete, Greece. I, M, female from Afghanistan. K, male from Armenia.

FIGURE 14. Male genitalia, from left to right: aedeagus in ventral view, aedeagus in lateral view, digitus+volsella. A, Euodynerus bidentatus (Lepeletier). B, E. caspicus (Morawitz). C, E. curictensis Blüthgen. D, E. dantici (Rossi). E, E. disconotatus (Lichtenstein). F, E. fastidiosus (de Saussure). G, E. hellenicus Blüthgen. H, E. semisaecularis (Dalla Torre). I, E. variegatus (Fabricius). J, E. velutinus Blüthgen. K, E. bidentoides (Giordani Soika). L, E. notatus (Jurine). M, E. posticus (Herrich-Schaeffer). N, E. quadrifasciatus (Fabricius).

FIGURE 15. A–E, S2 in lateral view. F–I, propodeum in posterodorsal view (arrowheads indicating dorsal carinae). J–O, vestiture of mesosoma. P–Q, metanotum in anterior view. R–T, male hind tarsus in dorsal view. U–Y, female head in dorsal view (arrowhead in Y indicating foveae not placed in depression). A, F, J, Euodynerus bidentiformis (Giordani Soika). B, V, E. bidentoides (Giordani Soika). C, K, E. quadrifasciatus (Fabricius). D, E. caspicus (Morawitz). E, H, M, T, E. dantici (Rossi). G, P, S, U, E. posticus (Herrich-Schaeffer). I, Y, E. disconotatus (Lichtenstein). L, R, E. notatus (Jurine). N, E. curictensis Blüthgen. O, E. semisaecularis (Dalla Torre). Q, X, E. fastidiosus (de Saussure). W, E. rubrosignatus Gusenleitner.

FIGURE 16. A–B, male mandible in frontal view (arrowhead indicating normal or modified tooth). C–G, tegula in dorsal view. H–I, apex of T2 in dorsal view (arrowhead indicating lamellar margin). J–K, male hind femur in frontal view (arrowhead in J indicating basal expansion). L–N, apex of male metasoma in lateral view. A, Euodynerus notatus (Jurine). B, E. posticus (Herrich-Schaeffer). C, E. caspicus (Morawitz). D, H, E. hellenicus Blüthgen. E, I, E. dantici (Rossi). F, L, E. fastidiosus (de Saussure). G, N, E. disconotatus (Lichtenstein). J, E. velutinus Blüthgen. K, E. curictensis Blüthgen. M, E. semisaecularis (Dalla Torre).